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Collabora Online Development EditionCryptPad
Free

CODE is free; a supported Collabora Online version is sold separately.

 Freemium

Free and open source under the AGPL. Public instances offer paid storage plans.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Handles ODF and Microsoft Office formats
  • Real-time collaborative editing
  • Real-time collaboration where the server cannot read the documents
  • A full suite: documents, sheets, slides, kanban, forms and diagrams
  • Not recommended for production use
  • Needs integration with a separate file platform
  • Encryption limits server-side features such as full-text search
  • Public instances cap storage; heavy use means self-hosting or a subscription
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License: MPL-2.0 License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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